Many Swiss universities have been recording the teaching of theoretical lessons in large lecture halls for a while now. As a result of the pandemic…
Making Lectures More Active
What Is Active Learning? Active learning is a student-centered approach that places responsibility for learning with learners and prioritizes collaboration with classmates. Teachers are facilitators…
Summative and formative Assessment
Summative examinations are all those examinations that are mandatory for the acquisition of credits. In the Bachelor/Master system, these are for the most part graded…
The Medium is the Message
Marshall McLuhan states in his Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, published in 1964, with the phrase “The medium is the message”, that the form of…
Is Remote Teaching effective Online Learning?
An article of EDUCAUSE entitled “The Difference Between Emergency Remote Teaching and Online Learning” reflects online learning experiences during a crisis such as the COVID-19…
Five didactical hints for distance learning
With the increase of the corona numbers, the planning for further distance learning with Zoom can be concretized. It is recommended to consider the following…
BYOD instead of computer labs
Rooms with fixed desktop computers are static and immobile, and prevent networked, agile, and problem-based instruction. Here are 10 reasons not to use classic computer…
Schlussprüfung meiner Dissertation: Eine Verteidigung im Stillen
Am 25. Mai 2020, in einer Zeit globaler Unsicherheit und beispielloser Herausforderungen, verteidigte ich meine Dissertation – ein Meilenstein in jedem akademischen Werdegang, der normalerweise…
MR-Meetup in Bern: Mit Hologrammen das Bauen und Planen revolutionieren
Die erfolgreiche Schlussveranstaltung des Geoinformation & GIS Lab HS2018 an der ETH Zürich bewog den Staff des Berners ActionJam MeetUp uns für eine Darbietung am 6.…
ETH L&T Fair: OMLETH als Lead auf der ETH Frontseite
Die L&T Fair – ehemals die Innovedum-Night – nutze das Projekt “OMLETH” für mehrere Tage als Lead auf der ETH-Newsseite. Am 14. November wurde die…